Uber and Lyft May Ditch Minneapolis Over $0.51 Wage Hike
Uber and Lyft threatened to leave Minneapolis after the city council approved a minimum wage for drivers that would force the tech companies to pay drivers $1.40 per mile and …
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Uber and Lyft Drivers Have Some Advice for Autonomous Vehicles Set to Swarm the Streets
Take a walk around San Francisco this summer and you’ll see something curious: Jaguar SUVs and Chevrolet hatchbacks driving around with no one inside. The ghostly vehicles are owned and …
Lyft says it’s trying to get rid of surge pricing
Surge pricing has always faced strong opposition from rideshare passengers for obvious reasons, so the news from Lyft this week is sure to be welcomed. The ridesharing company has apparently …
Rivian Won’t Join The EV Price War Anytime Soon
Happy Wednesday! It’s August 9, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are all …
Car-Free Community Opens In Arizona
As confusing as it may be for many of the people who live in the suburbs, a lot of people in this country actually enjoy living in areas where you …
These Are Your Worst Taxi/Rideshare Horror Stories
I was out at the bar with a friend of mine. He’d picked me up so I could have a few drinks and not worry about getting home; had also …
What Are Your Worst Taxi/Rideshare Horror Stories?
Photo: Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress (Getty Images) We’ve all been in a situation where we needed a ride, like a night out was too intense to step behind the wheel to get …
2023 Layoff Tracker: Biogen Cuts 1,000 Employees
Boston area biotech startup Biogen announced plans on Tuesday to cut roughly 1,000 employees, making it the latest U.S. company to conduct layoffs this year as recession fears continue to …
Bay Area tech company layoffs start to peak as massive job cuts ease
SAN JOSE — The wobbly Bay Area tech sector may be starting to stabilize after 18 brutal months of layoff announcements that revealed plans to chop more than 25,000 tech …